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...Canada’s more “distinct” provinces, Quebec, thought it might like to leave the country. Though this did not ultimately happen, Chretien’s Liberal government felt it was important to promote Canada, and all its maple-leaf greatness, to Quebec through a massive advertising campaign. To this end, the government paid a number of advertising firms to advertise the wonders of Canada in the francophone province, by sponsoring events and by placing—seemingly randomly—conspicuous Canadian flags all over Quebec. The problem: most of the money for this...
...title wasn’t suggestive enough, the book’s hot pink cover features a female silhouette, naked save a conveniently-placed ivy leaf. (How clever!) But alas, the novel features absolutely zero (count it, zero) actual full-on sexual encounters. In fact, a more appropriate title might have been “Chloe Gives Yale a Handjob—And Then Obsesses About it for 250 Pages...
Viewed today, the choice of motif sometimes looks entirely whimsical: a pumpkin done in black lacquer and silver leaf, or an iron eggplant. Sometimes they are ironically lowly: a rustic straw bag done in gold-and-silver-inlaid iron, or a common rice bowl. Some convey (at least from inside a glass case) a feeling of sacerdotal calm rather than ferocity, like a wonderful 17th century helmet in the form of a courtier's hat, rising like an inverted keel some two feet above the head and decorated in a tortoiseshell pattern of black and honey-colored lacquer. Others seem...
...IngenuiTea offers a tidy way to brew and serve loose-leaf tea. Rest the teapot on the rim of your mug, and filtered tea pours in through a valve. It's microwave safe--just don't nuke the leaves. $15 or $19; adagio.com...
Friday, Feb. 25. Big Head Todd and the Monsters. With Carbon Leaf. 18+. 7 p.m. Avalon, 15 Landsdowne St., Boston. $22.50. Tickets available through Ticketmaster...